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I've just finished reading a wonderful book by Jostein Gaarder (Das Orangenmädchen) and I've been wondering, what JOSTEIN means. It seems to Scandinavian and the second element reminds me of Thor-Stein (stone) - but I have no idea, what "JO" could stand for (it seems rather unlikely that it should be the name of the Jewish God replacing the Germanic God Thor). Also Jostein reminds me of JUSTIN but I have no evidence for that.
So does anyone know anything about JOSTEIN?
Andreas Brosch